Software Engineer (Backend focus) - Zurich

About GetYourGuide

GetYourGuide is the globally leading marketplace for unforgettable travel experiences. Travelers use GetYourGuide to discover the best things to do in a destination. Since its founding in 2009, people from all over the world have booked more than 180 million tours, activities, and attraction tickets through GetYourGuide. Powered by a global team of over 800 travel experts and technologists, we are headquartered in Berlin and have 17 local offices around the world. Visit our careers website to learn more

Team Mission:

The mission of the FinTech group is to provide a seamless checkout, payment and post-booking experience to our customers. As a backend engineer in Zurich’s FinTech group, you will be working with other engineers and our product manager on the backend that powers some of the most critical functionalities of our marketplace, such as checkout, inbound and outbound payments, e-mail processing, currency conversion, fraud detection and more. You will be part of the evolution of our financial platform to ensure correct, timely and cost-effective processing of payments and communication. Moreover, you will contribute to the foundations that allow us to support new business concepts from an accounting perspective, and to ensure the protection of personal data. Your tasks will range from adding new features over defining and making architectural evolution happen to monitoring and stability improvements. In this position, you get to work with leading FinTech industry partners such as payment service providers.

You will:

• Design and develop scalable travel e-commerce systems that are used by millions of customers.
• Work in a cross-functional mission team with engineers, product managers, designers and data specialists.
• Iterate fast and learn about our customers by designing, launching and iterating on A/B experiments.
• Continuously improve our code base, systems and processes.

Who you are:

• Product- and data-centric prioritization and decision-making. You have experience in defining and tracking data to facilitate decisions, for example by means of A/B testing.
• You’re a positive, pro-active team player who is passionate about their craft, and you enjoy sharing your knowledge.
• A background in the design and implementation of scalable service-oriented architectures and a good understanding of design patterns.
• You are proficient with Java or PHP. You will be working with both languages, with occasional trips to the Node.js realm.
• SQL know-how is a must.
• A passion for delivering clean and well-tested code, and a habit to continuously learn about new tools, languages, and practices that facilitate development and improve quality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to others.

Bonus points for:

• Experience in operating at scale and a cloud DevOps / infrastructure mindset (Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Experience in migrating a monolithic application to a services-oriented architecture is a plus.

How we set you up for success:

• Invest in your development with an annual personal growth budget
• Enjoy flexibility with a hybrid work-from-home and telecommuting policy
• Save on transportation costs with discounted public transportation tickets
• Support your loved ones with generous maternity and paternity leave policies

And more…

We look forward to hearing from you

Unlock your full potential and join our mission to create unforgettable experiences for millions around the world. If you have the skills and passion for joining our team, we invite you to apply by submitting your CV/resume in English through the form below. Check out how we hire for tips and visibility into our process and check out life at GetYourGuide. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via jobs@getyourguide.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer

We commit that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion. Please refrain from including your picture and age with the application.